SAC Los Angeles to Seattle, Butte, Portland and others re NORJAK suspect investigations (FD-34 copy)

Document date 1 December 1971

Part 53pages 403–4108 pagesDB Cooper-22257–22264

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 pp. 403–410 (DB Cooper-22257–22264), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial LA 164-497-29 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-53%3A403-410

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Date: 12/1/71

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Via ___TELETYPE___ ___NITEL___ (Priority)

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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, BUTTE (164-26) SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) SAC, HONOLULU (164-85) SAC NEW YORK SAC, SAN FRANCISCO SAC, CINCINNATI (164-55)

FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)

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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.

RE CINCINNATI TELETYPE TO BUREAU NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; BUTTE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DATED DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.

RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED]

ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED [REDACTED] UNKNOWN

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164-497 CRS/gar (1)[illegible]

11/5? - SE 11/2? - BT 10 [guess: ccs] - PD 10 [guess: 40] - HN

Sent 11:31 - NY M Per [illegible] /6rt

c 1 - 11:14 164-497-29 [illegible stamps]

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Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge

Sent 11:31 - NY M Per [illegible]

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DB Cooper-22257

☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O - 346-090 (11)

LA 164-497 PAGE TWO

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TO OFFICERS THAT AGENCY AND FILES CONTAIN NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] / / ON SAME DATE [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] IS ONLY OBERATION CURRENTLY LOCATED AT AIRPORT. [REDACTED] HAS BEEN [REDACTED] AIRPORT [REDACTED] YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] YEARS AND [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC. THIS GROUP DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS LOCALLY SIXTY TWO OR SIXTY THREE, AND [REDACTED] BELIEVES GROUP CURRENTLY OPERATING IN ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS. ON THE SAME DATE, RECORDS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED FILE NUMBER [REDACTED] DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: MALE, WHITE, AMERICAN, BORN [REDACTED] AT [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, FIVE FEET [REDACTED] INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, [REDACTED] HAIR, [REDACTED] EYES, MEDIUM BUILD, MEDIUM

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DB Cooper-22258

LA 164-497 PAGE THREE

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COMPLEXION, MARITAL STATUS [REDACTED] OCCUPATION [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] EMPLOYER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, RESIDENCE [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA (AS OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA ( AS OF APRIL [REDACTED], MOTHER [REDACTED] b6 b7C [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, FBI NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CII NUMBER [REDACTED] SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER [REDACTED] [REDACTED] FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION [REDACTED] [REDACTED] PREVIOUS ARRESTS b6 b7C [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-22259

LA 164-497 PAGE FOUR

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[REDACTED] MILITARY SERVICE, [REDACTED]

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ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT [REDACTED] SUPERIOR COURT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED THAT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] IN SUPERIOR COURT, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

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ON SAME DATE, [REDACTED]

[REDACTED]

[REDACTED] CALIFORNIA.

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF [REDACTED] OBTAINED, FACSIMILE FURNISHED SEATTLE DIVISION AND PHOTOGRAPH SENT AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTANT DATE.

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DB Cooper-22260

LA 164-497 PAGE FIVE

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RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, [REDACTED] BORN [REDACTED] IDAHO, LOCATED AND INTER- VIEWED AT RESIDENCE IN [REDACTED], CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] DISPLAYED PASSPORT AND SALES SLIPS TO VERIFY HIS PRESENCE IN [REDACTED] DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. [REDACTED] ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE LAST UNTIL RETURN [REDACTED] DECEMBER ONE INSTANT AND ACCOMPANIED BY [REDACTED] DURING ENTIRE TRIP.

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RE: SUSPECT [REDACTED] RECORDS [REDACTED] COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, REVEALED [REDACTED] BORN [REDACTED] WAS ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT [REDACTED] P.M., WHEN OBSERVED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] ADVISED PICK UP TRUCK STUCK IN SAND AND HE WAS SEEKING HELP. [REDACTED] RELEASED FROM CUSTODY SAME DATE AS INTENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.

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ON NOVEMBER [REDACTED] LAST HE WAS AGAIN ARRESTED BY SAME AGENCY WHEN OBSERVED PARKED IN GREEN CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE [REDACTED] REMOVED BY OFFICERS TO [REDACTED] HOSPITAL [REDACTED]

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LA 164-497 PAGE SIX

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RECORDS OF ABOVE AGENCY SHOWS LOCAL RESIDENCE OF [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA. [REDACTED] INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENT THIS DATE AT ABOVE ADDRESS AND S TATES [REDACTED] ARRIVED [REDACTED] LAST, DRIVING GREEN PICK UP TRUCK. [REDACTED] OREGON, AND STATES CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST AND DROVE DIRECTLY TO [REDACTED] ARRIVING ABOUT TWO A.M., ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST. [REDACTED] RESIDENCE UNTIL MORNING OF NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST, WHEN [REDACTED] OBSERVED SIGHTS IN [REDACTED] AREA INCLUDING [REDACTED] ABOUT [REDACTED] LAST, [REDACTED] LEFT RESIDENCE ALONE TO [REDACTED] AND WAS UNAWARE OF [REDACTED] ACTIVITIES [REDACTED] HE STATES CONVERSATION WITH [REDACTED] REVEALED NO STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT [REDACTED] [REDACTED] ADVISED HE WAS AWARE [REDACTED] INSTANT DATE [REDACTED] SECRET SERVICE AGENT, LOS ANGELES, ADVISED HE SEARCHED VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE [REDACTED] FOLLOWING

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b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 Per USSS b7C

LA 164-497 PAGE SEVEN

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ARREST OF [REDACTED] BY [REDACTED] SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST. STATED ONLY ITEMS FOUND IN SEARCH WERE SEVERAL SMALL HAND TOOLS. SECRET SERVICE INTEREST IN [REDACTED] DUE TO SECURITY OF PRESIDENT NIXON UPON ARRIVAL AT [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST.

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[REDACTED] WHEREABOUTS ESTABLISHED IN [REDACTED] WITHIN FEW HOURS AFTER HIJACKING AND HE WAS DRIVING SAME VEHICLE WHICH DEPARTED [REDACTED] ON NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.

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RE: PARACHUTE CLUBS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ON NOVEMBER THRITY LAST, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF [REDACTED] [REDACTED] SKY DIVER MAGAZINE, ADVISED [REDACTED] RESIDES [REDACTED] CALIFORNIA, [REDACTED]

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RESIDENCE NEGATIVE THIS DATE. INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED] TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED LOS ANGELES OFFICE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGED FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE RE PARACHUTE CLUBS, OBTAINED [REDACTED] [REDACTED] INFORMATION RE LOCATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF [REDACTED] AND FURNISH

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LA 164-497 PAGE EIGHT

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ARTISTS SKETCH AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA ON UNKNOWN SUBJECT THIS MATTER IN EFFORT TO DEVELOP SUSPECTS.

[REDACTED] IN UNITED STATES, CONSIDERED AUTHORITY IN HIS FIELD AND HAS INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

PORTLAND AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

BUTTE AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

LOS ANGELES, INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED TO LOCATE [REDACTED] [REDACTED] AT LONG BEACH FOR INTERVIEW.

LOS ANGELES WILL FOLLOW, SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS AND CONDUCT INVESTIGATION BASED ON RESULTS OF EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED] AND EXAMINATION OF AVAILABLE PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMBERSHIP RECORDS IN HIS POSSESSION.

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DB Cooper-22264

Serials: BT 164-26, CI 164-55, HN 164-85, LA 164-497, LA 164-497-29, PD 164-41, SE 164-81

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